Jack The Giant Slayer

The trailer for Jack The Giant Slayer looked surprisingly good. So good that I actually want to see it. You know what would make Jack even better? If instead of being the movie that it is, it was really just The Princess Bride, because The Princess Bride is the best movie. That's why Lance Ford, a video editor and guy I want to hang out with now, mashed up the two to create Jack The Andre The Giant Slayer. It probably won't make you run out to see Jack, but I'm certainly watching The Princess Bride once I'm done writing this.
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This is the new trailer for Jack The Giant Slayer and, as weird as it is to say this...it looks kinda good, you guys? Considering how what we've come to expect out of these big screen adaptations of famous fairy tales -- we're looking directly at you with a disapproving glare, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters -- the bar is set so low that it could be more accurately described as a trench, but still, this thing actually looks like a movie we could see. Which is surprising? Maybe we're just getting cynical. OK, check that -- we're definitely getting cynical, but not so much so that we don't enjoy the prospect of being proven wrong.
What do you all think? Does this seem like a flick you could get behind, or are we just looking really hard for things to like?
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